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"Real fucky fucky!" That' s one of the first greetings we got in Amsterdam as we made our way out of the hostel and into the red light district. After walking past a few more establishments (in succession) and getting a variety of pitches thrown our way "sucky and fucky only 30 euros", "Live fucky and sucky" and so on the shock factor wore thin pretty quickly.

As we arrived at the hostel front door to check in Maria turns to me and says "By the way this is a Christian youth hostel and there is at 2 AM curfew"..... What were you thinking Maria! We walk in and the receptionist was preaching to some girl that was checking out, I almost turned around to walk out, not that I'm against any religion but I hate having it forced on me. Once we got passed the staff the rest of the folks were pretty cool.

So we had 24 hours to make the most of Amsterdam. What better way to learn the city than by bike. We rented these cruisers with big curvy handle bars and hit the streets. These guys are totally nuts on their bikes, it was a race for pole position at the traffic lights against these blonde haired dutch girls that will run you over in a second with out giving it a second thought.

The rest of the day consisted of stomping the grounds of the red light district, hitting the coffee shop and taking in some theatre. For those details you will have to email me. Let me just say the gymnastics routine and banana eating at the theatre were a sight to see.